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Passed in 2011 and went into effect March 15 2012. I read the whole bill and no where did I see new pool vs replacement components for previously installed pools. I called T&D and asked them about this and they said it applies to new and replacement. Of course they do have a vested interest in selling the higher cost replacement motors. Will keep checking. So those single speed pumps can't be used according to Florida law. One company I looked up actually said it would not ship to Florida, California or Hawaii. Others did not say that.

Florida Energy Law requirement, House bill 849 removed the specific
requirements for pools and spas that was originally laid out in law and replaced it with a requirement that pumps, motors, controls, heaters, and portable spas must instead meet the requirements in the Florida Energy & Conservation Code. Therefore, the specifics of what one must meet for pool & spa energy efficiency that were originally laid out in law are now found in the Florida Building Code. Chapter 4 of the 2010 Florida Energy &
Conservation Code provides the specifics, which requires the following:

a. Residential filtration pool pump motors cannot be split-phased, shaded-pole or capacitor start-induction run types.
b. If the total horsepower (HP) of a residential filtration pool pump or filtration pool pump motor is 1/2 HP or larger than the pump and pump motor must have at least two speeds.
c. Residential pool filter pump controls, for use with a multi-speed pump, must be capable of operating at a minimum of two speeds.
d. Default pool filtration speed must be a speed that results in a flow rate that will NOT turnover the pool in less than six hours, and any high speed override must default back to the pool filtration speed in less than 24 hours. This allows solar pool heating systems to run at higher speeds during periods of usable heat gain.
e. Thermal efficiency of gas and oil-fired heaters must not be less than 78%.
f. Heat pump heaters shall have a coefficient of performance at low temperature of not less than 4.0 (COP).
g. Natural and LP gas-fired heaters shall not be equipped with constant burning pilots.
h. All heaters shall have a readily accessible on-off switch that is mounted on the outside